... Service scheme was introduced by Robert Menzies and his government and it operated until December 1972, when the newly elected Whitlam Labor Government suspended it. The scheme involved a ballot of birthdays for twenty-year-old men who had registered their names with the Department of Labour and National Service. A certain number of labelled marbles were drawn randomly by hand, one at a time while Australian families watched nervously on ... the War. The violence of the Vietnam War began to spill onto Australian streets with television news and photos of the conflict fuelling the growth...

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